Balance of Payments Statistics (ICPSR 8623)

Citation

International Monetary Fund. Balance of Payments Statistics. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08623.v1

These time series data provide information on the balance
of payments among countries and geographical areas of the
world. Detailed tabulations included in this collection describe (1)
transactions in goods, services, and income between an economy and the
rest of the world, (2) changes of ownership and other changes in that
country's monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), and claims and
liabilities to the rest of the world, and (3) unrequited transfers and
counterpart entries that are needed to balance, in the accounting
sense, any entries for previous transactions and changes that are not
mutually offsetting. Aggregated and detailed presentations show data
for items such as investments, short- and long-term capital, reserves,
and changes in reserves.

International Monetary Fund. Balance of Payments Statistics. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08623.v1

ICPSR obtained these data from the International
Monetary Fund under the terms of a contract which states that the data
are for the sole use of ICPSR and may not be sold or provided to third
parties outside of the ICPSR membership. Individuals at institutions
that are not members of ICPSR may obtain these data directly from the
IMF.

(1) ICPSR's subscription with IMF for monthly updates
of the DIRECTION OF TRADE (ICPSR 7628), BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS
(ICPSR 8623) and GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS (ICPSR 8624) series
expired with the July 1998 tapes. ICPSR staff has been negotiating
with the IMF staff to resume and continue the subscription for another
year. We apologize for the resulting delays and inconveniences to our
user community.x (2) The data are stored in packed zoned decimal
format. A supplemental COBOL processing program is available for use
with this dataset. (3) Each time series can contain a variable number
of logical records. The exact number of records in any time series in
this collection is dependent upon the availability of annual,
quarterly, and monthly data. There are approximately 50,000 time
series included in this collection. (4) The term "country," as used in
this dataset, does not in all cases refer to a territorial entity
which is a state as understood by international law and practice. The
term also covers some territorial entities that are not states but for
which statistical data are maintained and provided internationally on
a separate and independent basis. (5) For intercountry comparison, all
statements are expressed in terms of SDRs. When not reported in SDRs,
figures are obtained by conversion. (6) One codebook now documents
these four IMF studies: DIRECTION OF TRADE (ICPSR 7628), INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL STATISTICS (ICPSR 7629), BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS
(ICPSR 8623), and GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS (ICPSR 8624). (7)
Years for which no data (monthly, quarterly, or annual) are available
have been eliminated from each time series. (8) The codebook is
provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF
file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be
accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is
provided on the ICPSR Web site.

Central bank reports and bulletins, IMF area
departments, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
International Labor Organization, IMF Treasurer's Department, the
United Nations, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and
information from national authorities

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

International Monetary Fund. Balance of Payments Statistics. ICPSR08623-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-01-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08623.v1

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The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

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